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December 20, 2002

Trekweb has posted an English transcript of a chat session held by Trekzone.de with Rene Auberjonois.

Question: Was the romantic relationship between Odo and Kira planed?

René Auberjonois: No that probably happened by coincidence. Nana and I didn't like the idea too much. We knew each other for a pretty long time, and of course it was fun acting together, but we had to do what the writers told us.

In the episode "Necessary Evil", where I act as if I were Colombo, Odo realizes at the end that it was Kira who betrayed him years ago during the Cardassian occupation. I think in the last scene there was a camera setting that showed Odo looking disappointed at Kira. However, in addition to this there was a close up of both of us recorded. When we watched it the following day, it seemed through the way the director recorded it, as if Odo had a crush on Kira. Of course that spread around the whole set very quickly and the authors had something new to work with. Quite a few people probably liked it, but that had to be people who also liked "The phantom of the opera" (smiling). First they played with the idea, but then they dropped it and brought some other awesome dudes for Kira.

Question: How did the thing with Odo and Lwaxana Troi go? Why was it never continued to develop?

René Auberjonois: I respect our authors, who for seven years continuously provided us with good stories and helped DS9 to become a successful legend, very much. The Lwaxana-Troi stories are similar to all the other stories with reappearing characters: you only should let them appear if you have a really good story for them, and not just because you can do it. I guess there just wasn't a good occasion anymore and I think it is better that way, to not do it all, instead of making mediocre or bad episodes.

To read the rest of the transcript, click here.

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